Publisher's Summary:Daniel Leary is a lieutenant in the Republic of Cinnabar Navy with no money and no prospects since he quarreled with his ruthless, politically powerful father.Adele Mundy is a scholar with no money and no prospects since her family was massacred for conspiring against the Government of Cinnabar.
Kostroma is a wealthy planet which depends on diplomacy to stay independent in a galaxy whose two great powers, Cinnabar and the Alliance, battle for supremacy.
In a few hours, diplomacy is going to fail Kostroma. Daniel, Adele, and the scratch crew they gather aren't much to stand in the way of a powerful invasion fleet, but just possibly they're enough.
Men and women who hold courage cheap and honor more dear than life itself face impossible odds in a novel of color, intrigue, and slashing action. From the corridors of a treason-ridden palace through the perils of unknown seas and hellish jungles to a final blazlng climax in space, the heroes never bow and the action never flags.They have nothing on their side but each other - and heaven help whatever tries to stand in their way!On Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Lightnings-David-Drake/dp/0671578189/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8...On Audible: http://www.audible.com/pd/ref=sr_1_1?asin=B002V5B9Z2&qid=1286108355&s...MUSIC INTERLUDE:
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Kostroma is a wealthy planet which depends on diplomacy to stay independent in a galaxy whose two great powers, Cinnabar and the Alliance, battle for supremacy.
In a few hours, diplomacy is going to fail Kostroma. Daniel, Adele, and the scratch crew they gather aren't much to stand in the way of a powerful invasion fleet, but just possibly they're enough.
Men and women who hold courage cheap and honor more dear than life itself face impossible odds in a novel of color, intrigue, and slashing action. From the corridors of a treason-ridden palace through the perils of unknown seas and hellish jungles to a final blazlng climax in space, the heroes never bow and the action never flags.They have nothing on their side but each other - and heaven help whatever tries to stand in their way!On Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Lightnings-David-Drake/dp/0671578189/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8...On Audible: http://www.audible.com/pd/ref=sr_1_1?asin=B002V5B9Z2&qid=1286108355&s...MUSIC INTERLUDE:
Various Artists, Greatest Hits Album Disc 3Boz Scaggs Silk Degrees http://www.amazon.com/Silk-Degrees-Exp-Boz-Scaggs/dp/B000HEZF90/ref=sr_1_1?ie...
